Queensland bans 100 per cent FIFO workforce

Derek Barry
Updated August 27 2017 - 9:35am, first published August 25 2017 - 11:07am
Mines cannot employ 100% FIFO under new laws passed in Queensland parliament.
Mines cannot employ 100% FIFO under new laws passed in Queensland parliament.

The Queensland Government has banned 100% FIFO workforces on large resource projects near regional communities.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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